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US8982349B2 US13/638,723 US201113638723A US8982349B2 US 8982349 B2 US8982349 B2 US 8982349B2 US 201113638723 A US201113638723 A US 201113638723A US 8982349 B2 US8982349 B2 US 8982349B2
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  • the present invention relates to a measuring optical system for use, for example, in a color luminance meter for receiving light emitted from a light source such as a liquid crystal monitor and a lamp to measure a luminance (Lv) and a chromaticity (x, y) of the light source or a colorimeter for receiving light emitted onto and then reflected by a measuring object to measure a reflectance and a chromaticity (Lab, etc.) of the measuring object, and a color luminance meter and a colorimeter each using the measuring optical system.
  • a light source such as a liquid crystal monitor and a lamp to measure a luminance (Lv) and a chromaticity (x, y) of the light source
  • a colorimeter for receiving light emitted onto and then reflected by a measuring object to measure a reflectance and a chromaticity (Lab, etc.) of the measuring object, and a color luminance meter and a colorimeter each using the measuring optical system.
  • a color luminance meter for measuring a luminance (Lv) and a chromaticity (x, y) of a liquid crystal monitor is configured by equipping it, for example, with a measuring probe disposed opposed to a display screen of the liquid crystal monitor, and a main meter unit.
  • the measuring probe is operable to measure, for example, tristimulus values of X, Y, Z color-matching functions defined by the CIE (International Commission on Illumination), by respective sensors, and the main meter unit is operable, based on a result of the measurement, to calculate a luminance and a chromaticity of the display screen as a measuring object.
  • Patent Document 1 A typical conventional technique related to a measuring optical system for use in such a color luminance meter or a colorimeter is disclosed, for example, in the following Patent Document 1.
  • a bundle fiber is employed to introduce incident light into three colorimetric optical systems corresponding to respective ones of the tristimulus values.
  • Each of the colorimetric optical systems is configured by combining a color filter corresponding to a respective one of the tristimulus values, with a light-receiving sensor, wherein each of the color filters of the colorimetric optical systems is disposed at a respective one of three branched exit end of the bundle fiber.
  • the bundle fiber of the Patent Document 1 is circumferentially divided into six groups as viewed from the side of an circularly-bundled inlet end, wherein each pair of diagonally located ones of the groups are bundled together. This facilitates the mitigation of measurement errors resulting from directivity (luminous intensity distribution characteristic).
  • each of the color filters is configured by laminating a plurality of optical absorption filters in such a manner as to transmit incident light at a transmittance corresponding to a respective one of a plurality of desired spectral characteristics such as the tristimulus values X, Y, Z, so that there is a problem that it is impossible to design a filter having a characteristic with transmittance peaks in two wavelength bands, as illustrated, for example, in FIG. 21 , in other words, design freedom or flexibility is limited.
  • a film-shaped color filter there is yet another problem of severe aged deterioration due to (poor stability against) heat, light (ultraviolet light), temperature, etc.
  • interference filter an interference type filter (hereinafter referred to as “interference filter”) in place of the optical absorption filter.
  • This interference filter is configured by laminating several tens of dielectric layers or oxide layers on a glass substrate through vacuum deposition, spattering or other process, and operable to select a transmission/reflection wavelength by the action of optical interference.
  • the present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and its object is to provide a measuring optical system capable of employing an interference filter while reducing an influence of a deviation in transmittance characteristic thereof due to an incident angle, and a color luminance meter and a colorimeter each using the measuring optical system.
  • measuring light is split into two or more, and, before each split light is received by a respective one of two or more light-receiving sensors through a respective one of two or more interference filters, it is introduced into the interference filter through a respective one of two or more collecting lens groups each formed as a substantially bilateral telecentric system.
  • Each of the interference filters is formed to obtain a transmittance characteristic corresponding to a measurement parameter, according to a condition of an intensity distribution with respect to incident angles of light incident on the interference filter.
  • FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating an internal configuration of a measuring probe (illustrating a measuring optical system) of a color luminance meter according to one embodiment of the present invention.
  • FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating a specific configuration of a colorimetric optical system of the measuring probe illustrated in FIG. 1 .
  • FIG. 3 is a ray diagram corresponding to FIG. 2 .
  • FIG. 4 is a ray diagrams of an objective lens of the measuring probe illustrated in FIG. 1 .
  • FIG. 5 is a diagram for explaining a method of measuring an intensity distribution of a light beam incident on an interference filter.
  • FIG. 6 is a graph illustrating one example of an intensity distribution of a light beam incident on the interference filter.
  • FIG. 7 is a graph illustrating a spectral intensity distribution of the interference filter.
  • FIG. 8 is a graph illustrating an intensity distribution depending on an incident angle onto the interference filter, and an influence of tilt of the filter.
  • FIG. 9 is a graph illustrating a transmittance distribution in the case where the interference filter is installed in an optical system having the incident angle-dependent intensity distribution illustrated in FIG. 8 .
  • FIG. 10 is a graph illustrating a relationship between an incident angle onto the interference filter, and an error.
  • FIG. 11 is a graph illustrating an example of an intensity distribution depending on an output angle from a bundle fiber.
  • FIG. 12 is a diagram schematically illustrating a specific example of a layout of a collecting lens group.
  • FIG. 13 is a diagram illustrating a specific example of a configuration of the collecting lens group.
  • FIG. 14 is a diagram for explaining a method of measuring a liquid crystal monitor by a color luminance meter.
  • FIG. 15 is a block diagram illustrating a schematic configuration of a measuring probe of the color luminance meter.
  • FIG. 16 is a block diagram illustrating a schematic configuration of a measuring probe of a colorimeter.
  • FIG. 17 is a diagram illustrating an internal configuration of a measuring probe (illustrating a measuring optical system) of a conventional art color luminance meter.
  • FIG. 18 is a diagram for explaining a luminance intensity distribution of the liquid crystal monitor.
  • FIG. 19 is a graph illustrating one example of the luminance intensity distribution of the liquid crystal monitor.
  • FIG. 20 is a diagram illustrating a relationship between an arrangement of pixels for R, G and B and a measurement area in the liquid crystal monitor.
  • FIG. 21 is a graph illustrating one example of a spectral transmittance characteristic of the interference filter.
  • FIG. 22 is a graph illustrating a change in the spectral transmittance characteristic in response to a change in incident angle onto the interference filter.
  • FIG. 23 is a diagram for schematically explaining a configuration of an optical system according to a first embodiment, in which an interference filter is employed in the measuring optical system illustrated in FIG. 17 , without using a collecting lens.
  • FIG. 24 is a diagram for schematically explaining a configuration of an optical system according to a second embodiment, in which an interference filter is employed in the measuring optical system illustrated in FIG. 17 , in combination of a collecting lens.
  • FIG. 25 is a diagram for schematically explaining a configuration of an optical system according to a third embodiment, in which an interference filter is employed in the measuring optical system illustrated in FIG. 17 , in combination of a collecting lens.
  • FIG. 26 is a sectional view for explaining a state of light propagation within an optical fiber.
  • FIG. 14 is a diagram for explaining a state of measurement of luminance (Lv) and chromaticity (x, y) of a liquid crystal monitor 2 using a color luminance meter 1 .
  • This color luminance meter 1 is configured by equipping it with a measuring probe 4 disposed opposed to a display screen 3 of the liquid crystal monitor 2 , and a main meter unit 5 .
  • the measuring probe 4 is operable to measure, for example, tristimulus values of X, Y, Z color-matching functions defined by the CIE, by respective sensors, and the main meter unit 5 is operable, based on a result of the measurement, to calculate a luminance and a chromaticity of the display screen 3 as a measuring object.
  • a schematic configuration of the measuring probe 4 is as illustrated, for example, in FIG. 15 .
  • the measuring probe 4 is configured such that an objective optical system 11 receives light emitted from the display screen 3 as a measuring object to extract a component thereof incident at a prescribed angle, e.g., within ⁇ 2.5 degrees with respect to a normal line of the display screen 3 , and allow the extracted component to become incident on a splitting optical system 12 , wherein the component is split into three, and the split components are introduced, respectively, into three colorimetric optical systems 13 , 14 , 15 corresponding to tristimulus values of X, Y, Z color-matching functions, to measure an intensity of the incident light.
  • a lamp 16 as a light source and an illumination optical system 17 are further provided, as illustrated, for example, in FIG. 16 .
  • Light is emitted from the lamp 16 and the illumination optical system 17 onto the measuring object, and resulting reflected light is measured by the measuring probe 4 .
  • FIG. 17 is a diagram illustrating an internal configuration of a measuring probe 4 ′ in the technique.
  • the measuring probe 4 ′ is provided with an objective optical system 11 , a splitting optical system 12 and a colorimetric optical system 13 .
  • a convex lens 11 a having a positive power is used for the objective optical system 11
  • a bundle fiber 12 a is used for the splitting optical system 12 .
  • Each of the entry and exit sides may have an arbitrary shape (such as a circular shape or a rectangular shape).
  • a non-illustrated aperture stop is disposed at a position of a back focal point of the convex lens 11 a so as to capture a component within ⁇ 2.5 degrees with respect to the normal line of the display screen 3 as mentioned above, i.e., in a front (object-side) telesentric optical configuration.
  • the inlet end (Fi 1 to Fin) of the bundle fiber 12 a faces a plane of the aperture stop.
  • Each of the colorimetric optical systems 13 , 14 , 15 comprises a color filter 13 a ( 14 a , 15 a ) corresponding to a respective one of the tri-stimulus values X, Y, Z, and a light-receiving sensor 13 b ( 14 b , 15 b ) in combination therewith.
  • a first characteristic of a measuring object is that a luminous intensity distribution of the measuring object has directivity. That is, an intensity of emitted light varies depending on an angle with respect to the normal line of the display screen 3 , and, in some cases, can be asymmetric with respect to the normal line.
  • some of them are designed to intentionally strengthen directivity, and it is often the case that a user peers down at the monitor of the notebook computer obliquely from thereabove.
  • the display screen 3 has a luminous intensity distribution 18 in which a luminous intensity becomes higher on an upper side and becomes lower on a lower side, with respect to a normal line N.
  • FIG. 19 specifically illustrates one example of such a luminous intensity distribution.
  • the measuring object (liquid crystal monitor) has an asymmetric characteristic, and, on the other hand, a measuring instrument is required to provide stable measurement results. In other words, it is necessary that a measurement result is not changed even when the measuring probe 4 is rotated about an optical axis (no rotation-induced error occurs). This phenomenon occurs not only in measurement for a liquid crystal monitor but in measurement for a glossy printed material or a coated surface with metallic or pearl paint, using a colorimeter for measuring reflected light.
  • the bundle fiber 12 a is configured such that a plurality of fiber strands are circumferentially divided into six groups as viewed on the side of a plurality of inlet ends Fi 1 to Fin thereof bundled in a circle, and diagonally located ones of the groups are bundled together. This facilitates the mitigation of measurement errors due to the above directivity (luminous intensity distribution characteristic).
  • each of the color filters 13 a , 14 a , 15 a is configured by laminating a plurality of optical absorption filters in such a manner as to transmit incident light at a transmittance corresponding to a respective one of a plurality of desired spectral characteristics such as the tri-stimulus values X, Y, Z. Therefore, this configuration has a problem that it is unable to design a filter having two transmittance peaks in respective wavelength bands, as illustrated, for example, in FIG. 21 , in other words, flexibility of filter design is limited. There is another problem of low transmittance and large light intensity loss. Particularly, in a film-shaped color filter, there is yet another problem of severe aged deterioration due to (poor stability against) heat, light (ultraviolet light), humidity, etc.
  • interference filter an interference filter (hereinafter referred to as “interference filter”) in place of the optical absorption filter.
  • This interference filter is configured by laminating several tens of dielectric layers or oxide layers on a glass substrate through vacuum deposition, spattering or other process, and operable to select a transmission/reflection wavelength by the action of optical interference.
  • the interference filter is easy to obtain a desired transmittance (easy to design or excellent in design flexibility) as compared to the optical absorption filter, so that it can be formed as a filter (as illustrated in FIG.
  • the interference filter has a high transmittance.
  • a peak transmittance is 50% or less in the absorption type, whereas it is close to 100% in the interference filter.
  • the interference filter further has an advantage that it is excellent in reliability (small in a temporal change in transmittance due to temperature, humidity and exposure to light).
  • FIG. 22 illustrates a relationship between an incident angle of light onto the interference filter, and a transmittance.
  • a transmittable wavelength band shifts toward a shorter-wavelength side. Consequently, a transmittance characteristic will vary just by a slight inclination due to error in positional relationship between related components.
  • the interference filter 11 is provided with two lenses and an aperture stop disposed therebetween, and configured such that an incident angle at the inlet end (Fi 1 to Fin) of the bundle fiber 12 a becomes less than an incident angle to the aperture stop, thereby reducing divergence of incident angles from the bundle fiber 12 a onto the interference filter to compensate the disadvantage of the interference filter.
  • the objective lens system 11 is laid out in a front telecentric optical arrangement.
  • an emission angle from a measurement plane is correlated with each of the fiber strands.
  • a measurement plane directly to the measurement plane.
  • light emitted upwardly from the measurement plane is totally collected on the inlet end Fi 1 of an upper one of the fiber strands.
  • each of the fiber strands is arranged on the side of the exit ends of the bundle fiber 12 a , and the fiber strands are unevenly arranged (for example, information about directivity around 0 degree is concentrated on an outer periphery of the exit end of the fiber sub-bundle). Moreover, even in a plurality of measuring instruments of the same model, the uneven state varies individually.
  • incident angle ⁇ output angle, so that information associated with the incident angles is kept in output angles (including the case where the sign is revered), because light is transmitted through each of the fiber strands while repeatedly undergoing total reflection based on a difference in refraction index between a core and a clad of the fiber strand.
  • the fiber has a certain level or more of length, the incident angles are randomly uniformized during transmission through the fiber (during a large number of times of reflections between the core and the clad), so that the problem with the incident angles is reliably solved as the fiber length becomes longer (as the number of times of reflection becomes larger).
  • an optical fiber is ideally operable to cause incident light to undergo total reflection based on a difference in refraction index between a core and a clad, as illustrated in FIG. 26( a ), output positions and output angles practically become random, as illustrated in FIG. 26( b ), due to a local difference in refraction index (stria), a local difference in fiber diameter (thick, thin), or a curve of a reflection interface caused by bending of the fiber.
  • the fiber has a certain level or more of length, a diffusion effect similar to that of a diffusion plate can be obtained (a decrease in light intensity is less than that in the diffusion plate), so that incident light is uniformized and then output.
  • a distribution of the output angles comes closer to a numerical aperture (NA) specific to the fiber.
  • NA numerical aperture
  • incident light is output under the fiber-specific NA, regardless of incident angles onto the fiber. Therefore, the Patent Document 2 has a contradiction in this regard.
  • the short fibers cause an uneven distribution of information associated with incident angles onto the fiber, resulting in the occurrence of measurement error.
  • each of a plurality of light beams output from the bundle fiber 12 a has specific information about the measuring object as described above, so that it is necessary to allow the light beams to pass through the color filters 13 a , 14 a , 15 a under the same condition and without losing the information, and then received by the light-receiving sensors 13 b , 14 b , 15 b .
  • the measuring probe 4 is rotated as described above, resulting received data is changed in conjunctions with the rotation (rotation-induced error).
  • instrumental error occurs (a difference in measured result occurs among a plurality of measuring instruments of the same model).
  • a diameter ⁇ of the fiber sub-bundle on the side of the exit end is 2.3 mm and an outlet angle ⁇ from the fiber is ⁇ 40 degrees.
  • the distance A between the exit end (Foa 1 to Foam) and the color filter a is 1 mm; a thickness of the color filter a is 1 mm; the distance B between the color filter a and the light-receiving sensor b is 1 mm; a distance from an outer surface to a light-receiving cell of the light-receiving sensor b is 1 mm.
  • FIGS. 24 and 25 illustrate A configuration in this case.
  • FIG. 24 illustrates an example in which a collecting lens 19 is used to cause the light beam to become incident on the light-receiving sensor b in the form of parallel light
  • FIG. 25 illustrates an example in which a collecting lens 19 is used to form an image on the light-receiving sensor b.
  • the use of an interference filter as the color filter b in this configuration causes a problem that it is influenced by the information associated with each of the fiber strands and the information associated with incident angles onto the fiber strand as mentioned above.
  • FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating an internal configuration (measuring optical system) of a measuring probe 40 according this embodiment.
  • This measuring probe 40 is used as the measuring probe 4 of the color luminance meter illustrated in FIG. 15 or of the colorimeter illustrated in FIG. 16 .
  • a color luminance meter is configured by equipping it with the measuring probe 40 disposed opposed to a display screen 3 of a liquid crystal monitor 2 , and a main meter unit 5 for obtaining a color and a luminance based on an output of the measuring probe 40 , in the same manner as that mentioned above in connection with FIG. 14 .
  • a colorimeter is configured by equipping it with a measuring light illumination unit for emitting measuring light to a measuring object, a measuring probe 40 for measuring reflected light which is the measuring light reflected from the measuring object, and a main meter unit for obtaining a color based on an output of the measuring probe 40 in the same manner as that mentioned above in connection with FIG. 16 .
  • the measuring probe 40 is similar to the measuring probe 4 ′ illustrated in FIG. 17 , and therefore a corresponding element or component is denoted by assigning the same reference number or code thereto.
  • the measuring probe 40 comprises an objective optical system 11 for receiving light from a measuring object, a splitting optical system 12 for splitting light output from the objective optical system 11 into two or more, and two or more measuring optical systems 13 , 14 , 15 each provided in corresponding relation to a respective one of two or more exit ends of the splitting optical system 12 and adapted to detect light output from the exit end.
  • the objective optical system 11 is configured using a biconvex lens 11 a having a positive optical power (refractive power, a reciprocal of a focal length), and the splitting optical system 12 is configured using a bundle fiber 12 a formed by bundling a plurality of fiber strands, wherein light output from the objective optical system 11 becomes incident on one end of the bundle fiber 12 a , and the plurality of fiber strands are divided into two or more sub-bundles on the side of the other end.
  • a non-illustrated aperture stop is disposed at a position of a back focal point of the biconvex lens 11 a , and the objective optical system 11 is laid out in a front telecentric optical arrangement in order to capture a component within a half angle of a, e.g. ⁇ 2.5 degrees, with respect to a normal line of the display screen 3 , as mentioned above.
  • An incident end (Fi 1 to Fin) of the bundle fiber 12 a faces to a plane of the aperture stop.
  • the colorimetric optical system 13 ( 14 , 15 ) comprises: a collecting lens group 13 C ( 14 C, 15 C) adapted to undergo incidence of light output from the splitting optical system 12 (in this embodiment, from the other end of the bundle fiber 12 a ); an interference filter 13 A ( 14 A, 15 A) adapted to undergo incidence of light output from the collecting lens group 13 C ( 14 C, 15 C) and transmit the output light with a predetermined transmittance characteristic so as to serve as a color filter; and a light-receiving sensor 13 B ( 14 B, 15 B) adapted to undergo incidence of light output from the interference filter 13 A ( 14 A, 15 A) and detect intensity of the output light.
  • the collecting lens group 13 C ( 14 C, 15 C) is formed as a substantially bilateral telecentric system, and the transmittance characteristic of the interference filter 13 A ( 14 A, 15 A) is adjusted to a predetermined characteristic. Specifically, in order to employ an interference filter as the color filter 13 A ( 14 A, 15 A), the collecting lens group 13 C ( 14 C, 15 C) formed as a substantially bilateral telecentric system is interposed between the bundle fiber 12 a and the interference filter, and the transmittance characteristic of the interference filter 13 A ( 14 A, 15 A) is adjusted.
  • the collecting lens group 13 C will be described as a representative example.
  • Each of the collecting lens groups 14 C, 15 C is formed in the same manner as that in the collecting lens group 13 C.
  • the collecting lens group 13 C is configured by equipping it, for example, with two groups of collecting lenses 13 C 1 , 13 C 2 each having a positive power, and an aperture stop 13 C 3 interposed therebetween so as to form a bilateral telecentric system. As illustrated in FIG.
  • the aperture stop 13 C 3 is disposed at a position of an image-side focal length f 1 of the collecting lens 13 C 1 disposed on a measurement plane side of the collecting lens group 13 C and at a position of a measurement plane-side focal length f 2 of the collecting lens 13 C 2 disposed on an image side of the collecting lens group 13 C.
  • the bundle fiber 12 a has a length equal to or greater than a predetermined value, and an output angle preliminarily determined by an aperture ratio (NA) of the fiber.
  • NA aperture ratio
  • the bundle fiber 12 a having a length equal to or greater than a predetermined value is combined with the bilaterally telecentric optical system, in the above manner, so that all light beams output from the exit ends Foa 1 to Foam of the fiber strands of the bundle fiber 12 a become incident on the color filter 13 A at identical divergent angles.
  • respective transmittance characteristics in the interference filters become identical, so that light data received by the light-receiving sensor 13 B is not influenced by characteristics of the measuring object. In other words, an error induced by rotation of a measuring instrument never occurs. More specifically, in FIG.
  • a light ray UL solid line
  • a light ray LL broken line
  • the information associated with incident angles is output while keeping it as-is.
  • light beams output from the fiber strands at respective angles become incident on the color filter 13 A at different angles, so that each of the incident light beams has different information, and thereby light-receiving sensitivities to the incident light beams in the light-receiving sensor 13 B become different from each other. That is, as mentioned above in connection with FIG. 17 , an incident angle onto the color filter 13 A varies between a light ray indicated by the solid line and a light ray indicated by the broken line each output from the fiber strand.
  • the length of the fiber is sufficiently increased, so that light rays having different incident angles are randomly mixed during passing through the fiber so as thereby to convert the information associated with the light rays, into uniformized information having a divergence defined by the aperture ratio (NA).
  • a length sufficiently enough to cancel out the information associated with incident angles onto each of the fiber strands is equal to or greater than 30 times as large as a core diameter.
  • the objective lens 11 a is configured such that a light-receiving aperture angle ⁇ is set to ⁇ 2.3 degrees in design, considering that it is within ⁇ 2.3 degrees in an industrial standard for measuring a liquid crystal monitor, while taking into account lens performance (aberration, etc.), and a distance from the display screen 3 to the objective lens 11 a , an inlet diameter ⁇ of the bundle fiber 12 a and an image-side focal length f 0 of the objective lens 11 a are set, respectively, to 30 mm, 4.0 mm and 50 mm, an incident angle ⁇ 1 (NA) of the bundle fiber 12 a is about 15 degrees in a half-angle, as described later.
  • NA incident angle
  • the objective lens 11 a may be in an optical arrangement in which the measurement plane and the incident end (Fi 1 to Fin) of the bundle fiber 12 a are in image forming relation.
  • positions on the measurement plane are correlated with respective ones of the fiber strands, for example, in such a manner that light emitted from one edge S 1 of the measurement plane continually becomes incident on an inlet end Fin at one edge, and light emitted from the other edge S 3 of the measurement plane continually becomes incident on an inlet end Fi 1 at the other edge.
  • a relationship between an incident angle and a transmittance of the interference filter is as mentioned above in connection with FIG. 22 (example of a Y filter).
  • an actual intensity distribution of an incident light beam on the interference filter which varies based on an aperture ratio (NA) of the bundle fiber 12 a and characteristics of the collecting lens group 13 C ( 14 C, 15 C), is obtained, for example, by a measurement illustrated in FIG. 5 , or a simulation.
  • an intensity of a light beam emitted from the rear collecting lens 13 C 2 is measured at all solid angles (corn angles) by moving a luminance meter 30 along the same radius from a center of the collecting lens 13 C 2 .
  • an incident angle onto the interference filter is determined by an exit area and an output angle of the fiber, and a focal length and an lens arrangement of the collecting lens group 13 C ( 14 C, 15 C). Then, an intensity distribution of a light beam incident on a filter face is calculated from respective conditions and characteristics of various optical components by using lens simulation software or the like. For example, a ray-tracing simulation may be performed based on construction data of the collecting lens group 13 C ( 14 C, 15 C), provided that light is output from the fiber under a fiber-specific NA.
  • FIG. 6 illustrates an example of the intensity distribution of the light beam incident on the interference filter, obtained in the above manner.
  • the example illustrated in FIG. 6 demonstrates a change in intensity occurring when the luminance meter 30 is moved along a predetermined range of a circular arc (one plane).
  • a filter transmittance set while taking into account an intensity distribution with respect to incident angles can be calculated by multiplying a relative intensity (relative intensity derived based on solid angles: so-called “transmittance in cone angles”), as illustrated in FIG. 6 , by a transmittance of the interference filter for each incident angle, as illustrated in FIG. 22 .
  • a result of the calculation is obtained as a curved line indicated, for example, by a reference code ⁇ 1 (broken line) in FIG. 7 .
  • a light-receiving sensitivity finally obtained by a measuring instrument is determined by considering characteristics such as a transmittance of the optical system (lenses, optical fibers, etc.), light-receiving sensitivity of the light-receiving sensor, a reflection characteristic of a surface of the light-receiving sensor or the like, as well as the above filter transmittance. This is used as an ultimate light-receiving sensitivity.
  • the interference filter is adjusted so that the finally obtained light-receiving sensitivity turns out to be approximated to a desired color-matching function (defined by CIE) such as indicated by a reference sign 132 (solid line) in FIG. 7 .
  • a condition for divergence of an incident angle onto the interference filter will be described below. If the interference filter is installed in an inclined posture due to component error, an intensity distribution with respect to incident angles onto the interference filter is deviated from a design value. Along with the deviation, obtained filter transmittance becomes different, and therefore a light-receiving sensitivity distribution of the sensor becomes different. The influence of change in transmittance occurring when the filter is installed in an inclined posture becomes more significant as the intensity distribution becomes narrower. Thus, it is desirable that the intensity distribution with respect to incident angles onto the filter has a certain level or more of range.
  • FIG. 8 illustrates a distribution of incident angles and an influence of inclination of the filter.
  • FIG. 8( a ) is a graph illustrating an intensity distribution in design values, obtained when the incident angle is 7.5 degrees in a half angle (solid line), and an intensity distribution obtained when the filter is inclined by 1 degree (broken line).
  • FIG. 8( b ) is a graph illustrating an intensity distribution in design values, obtained when the incident angle is 17.5 degrees in a half angle (solid line), and an intensity distribution obtained when the filter is inclined by 1 degree (broken line).
  • the incident angle of 7.5 degrees (half angle) is equivalent to an angle corresponding to about 5% of a peak value of the intensity distribution with respect to incident angles (in many cases, the peak value appears at 0 degree).
  • FIGS. 9( a ) and 9 ( b ) illustrate transmittance distributions obtained when the interference filter illustrated in FIG. 22 is installed in the optical systems each having a respective one of the incident angle distributions illustrated in FIGS. 8( a ) and 8 ( b ).
  • FIGS. 9( a ) and 9 ( b ) a deviation in an inclination value with respect to the design value is indicated with emphasis.
  • an error due to inclination of the filter becomes smaller as the intensity distribution with respect to incident angles becomes wider.
  • the relationship between a level of incident angle onto the filter (filter incident angle) and an error (a difference from the design value) is graphically represented as a curve illustrated in FIG.
  • FIG. 10 shows that, in a situation where the filter is inclined by 1 degree, the error can be suppressed to 2.5% or less by setting the divergence of the incident angle to above 15 degrees (half angle).
  • the divergence of the incident angle onto the interference filter is set to 15 degrees or more (half angle).
  • the aperture ratio NA of the bundle fiber 12 a is set to 0.26 (15 degrees) or more.
  • NA of the fiber here means both an NA in design and an actual (effective) NA.
  • the NA in design is a value generally calculated from a refractive index of a core of the fiber and a refractive index of a clad of the fiber, and the actual (effective) NA is an actually measured value of output angle from the fiber (fiber output angle). As illustrated in FIG.
  • the actual fiber output angle is similar to a Gaussian shape, and includes an NA (50%) for use in indicating a width corresponding to a half of a peak value, and an NA (5%) for use in indicating a width corresponding to 5% of the peak value.
  • the incident angle ⁇ 1 on the fiber is set to 15 degrees as mentioned above, light can be guided only if the effective NA (5%) is 15 degrees or more.
  • the NA is set to satisfy the following relation: NA (5%)>NA 0.26 (15 degrees).
  • the first collecting lens 13 C 1 can be configured compactly as it comes closer to the exit face of the bundle fiber 12 a . Further, the fiber output angle is wide as mentioned above (Fno (F number) for the lens is bright). Thus, if the collecting lens 1 is composed of a single lens, deterioration in performance becomes significant. Therefore, as illustrated in FIG. 13 , the first collecting lens 13 C 1 is composed of two lenses 13 C 11 , 13 C 12 . Further, a hemispherical lens, a ball lens or a plano-convex lens may be used to simplify the lens as much as possible.
  • the lens 13 C 11 disposed relatively close to the measuring object side consists of a first hemispherical lens convex toward the measuring object side
  • the lens 13 C 12 disposed relatively close to the image side consists of a second hemispherical lens convex toward the image side.
  • the second collecting lens 13 C 2 consists of a ball lens.
  • a focal length of the first collecting lens 13 C 1 (combined focal length of the first and second hemispherical lenses 12 C 11 and 12 C 12 ) is set to the f 1
  • a focal length of the second collecting lens 13 C 2 is set to the f 2
  • a distance between principal points of the first and second collecting lenses 13 C 1 , 13 C 2 may be set to f 1 +f 2 .
  • an aperture stop between the first and second collecting lenses 13 C 1 , 13 C 2 becomes unnecessary, and the substantially bilateral telecentric system is formed.
  • the measuring probe 40 in this embodiment is employed in a color luminance meter, a colorimeter and others, and configured such that the objective optical system 11 receives light beams emitted from a light source or light beams reflected by a measuring object, and allow the light beams to become incident on the bundle fiber 12 a comprised of a large number of fiber strands bundled together, wherein the light beams are split and output from two or more exit faces of the bundle fiber 12 a , whereafter the light beams are transmitted through the color filters 13 A, 14 A, 15 A each consisting of an interference filter, and introduced into the light-receiving sensors 13 B, 14 B, 15 B for obtaining intensity of the light beams (luminance or illuminance value).
  • the collecting lens group 13 C ( 14 C, 15 C) formed as a substantially bilateral telecentric system is interposed between the bundle fiber 12 a and the color filter 13 A ( 14 A and 15 A), and a transmittance characteristic of each of the interference filters is adjusted.
  • a light beam is output from an exit face of the collecting lens group 13 C ( 14 C, 15 C) with a predetermined luminous intensity distribution and in a uniformized state, and thereby the transmittance characteristic of each of the interference filters is set such that, when a light beam output from the exit face of the collecting lens group 13 C ( 14 C, 15 C) with the predetermined luminous intensity distribution becomes incident on the interference filter, a resulting transmitted light beam has a transmittance characteristic corresponding to a measurement parameter of the light-receiving sensor 13 B ( 14 B, 15 B).
  • the luminous intensity distribution is widened but uniformized (normalized), and the transmittance characteristic of the interference filter is coordinated with the luminous intensity distribution, instead.
  • the measuring prove 40 in this embodiment can utilize advantages of an interference filter, such as a capability to set any transmittance characteristic, low light intensity loss and high stability, while making up for an disadvantage of the interference filter, i.e., a large deviation in the transmittance characteristic due to incident angles.
  • the collecting lens group 13 C ( 14 C, 15 C) is formed as a perfectly telecentric system.
  • an angle of a principal ray as an index expressing a level of telecentricity, it has been ascertained by experimental tests of the inventor of the present invention that even if an angle of a principal ray of a peripheral light beam is inclined by 15 degrees, no problem occurs in actual use, and it is only necessary to achieve substantial telecentricity.
  • the telecentric system of the present invention includes such substantial telecentricity.
  • randomness of the fiber strands of the bundle fiber 12 a it is difficult to arrange them in a perfectly randomly manner.
  • the technique of the Patent Document 1 may be employed in the present invention.
  • a measuring optical system which comprises: an objective optical system for receiving light beams from a measuring object; a bundle fiber comprised of a large number of fiber strands bundled together, and formed such that light emitted from the objective optical system becomes incident on one, first, end thereof, and the fiber strands are divided into two or more sub-bundles on the other, second, end; and an interference filter adapted to undergo incidence of light output from the second end of each of the divided sub-bundles, and allow the incident light to be transmitted therethrough with a predetermined transmittance characteristic and introduced into a sensor for obtaining intensity of the light beams, wherein the measuring optical system further comprises a collecting lens group interposed between the bundle fiber and the interference filter, and formed as a substantially bilateral telecentric system, and wherein the interference filter is formed to obtain a transmittance characteristic corresponding to a measurement parameter, according to a condition of an intensity distribution with respect to incident angles of light incident on the interference filter.
  • the measuring optical system having the above feature is employed, for example, in a color luminance meter and a colorimeter.
  • the objective optical system is operable, when the measuring optical system is employed in the color luminance meter, to receive light beams emitted from a light source, such as a liquid crystal monitor or a lamp, or, when the measuring optical system is employed in the colorimeter, to receive light beams of illumination light emitted from a predetermined illumination light source and then reflected by a measuring object, and allow the light beams to become incident on the bundle fiber comprised of a large number of fiber strands bundled together.
  • the light beams are split and output from two or more exit faces of the bundle fiber.
  • the measuring optical system intends to solve the problem with absorption color filters. Further, in the measuring optical system, the collecting lens group is interposed between the bundle fiber and the interference filter, and a transmittance characteristic of the interference filter is adjusted.
  • the collecting lens group is configured to form a substantially bilateral telecentric system, so that the light beam is output from an exit face of the collecting lens group with a predetermined luminous intensity distribution and in a uniformized state, irrespective of a position of the bundle fiber from which the light beam becomes incident on the collecting lens group.
  • a transmittance characteristic of the interference filter is set such that, when a light beam output from the exit face of the collecting lens group with a predetermined luminous intensity distribution becomes incident on the interference filter, a resulting transmitted light beam has a transmittance characteristic corresponding to a measurement parameter of the sensor.
  • the measuring optical system having the above feature can utilize advantages of an interference filter, such as a capability to set any transmittance characteristic, low light intensity loss and high stability, while making up for an disadvantage of the interference filter, i.e., a large deviation in the transmittance characteristic due to incident angles.
  • a divergence of the incident angle onto the interference filter is 15 degrees or more with respect to a normal line of the interference filter.
  • the predetermined the luminous intensity distribution i.e., the solid angle (cone angle)
  • the solid angle may be widened to 15 degrees or more, as mentioned above, which makes it possible to reduce an error due to inclination of the interference filter.
  • the collecting lens group comprises: a first lens group including a first hemispherical lens convex toward a measuring object side and a second hemispherical lens convex toward an image side; and a second lens group including a ball lens, wherein a distance between principal points of the first and second lens groups is set to f 1 +f 2 , where f 1 is a focal length of the first lens group, and f 2 is a focal length of the second lens group.
  • the measuring optical system having the above feature can form the substantially bilateral telecentric system while eliminating a need for an aperture stop between the second hemispherical lens and the ball lens.
  • a color luminance meter and a colorimeter each comprising the above measuring optical system.
  • each of the color luminance meter and the colorimeter comprising the measuring optical system can attain a high-accuracy color luminance meter and a high-accuracy colorimeter using an interference filter.
  • the present invention can provide a measuring optical system, and a color luminance meter and a colorimeter each using the measuring optical system.

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